The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-30
A NfhtItst'a Story.


bearing, wearing closely cropped
beard. His blue eyes lay deep
back in their sockets, and his
face. pale and thin, sho we'd he had re-
Gently undergone intense physical and
mental suffering. He is nihilist " no
arrived here bat short time ago in
the North German Lloyd steamer
Vera. He has sought temporary
asylum in Bleecker street in the fAmi-
ly of q French communist. His main
task Just now is 20 recruit bis shat
tered health. For reasons which will
presently appear he conceals his real
name aud station. In this interview
he is therefore designated as Mr.. Nj
chseloff, good enough Russian name.
He belonged till recently to the imme-
diate encourage Of the Car, and is a
soldier by training and profession.
ARRESTED AND SENTENCED.
M. Michaeloff, according to his story,
became a convert to the nihilietic
creed several years ago and belonged
to one of the military circles" hav.
ing eeveral adheIents in the Winter
Palace. Itseems that early las No
vember some valuable information
was given to the head local executive
circle" OF the nihilists in st. Peters
burg, this information being in the
nature of some intended changes to be
made in the location OF the imperial
apartments, as we'll as to the move
ments OF the Emperor himself. This
information was communicated to
other "circles," and in this transmits
sion, by reason Of slight oversight,
the secret police became aware of it.
On December 9th last, M. Michaeloff
was arrested and two days later was
sentenced, by direct order of the Gar,
to be transported forthwith to the
Yenieeisk district in Siberia. While
on the way to Moscow the prisoner
escaped. AS it would implicate sew
eral others still resident in Russia, M.
Michaeloff declines t. divulge the
exact particulars of his escape and
of his further flight acro's the Russo
Austrian frontier. After reaching
4 Cracow he had no great difficulty in
communicating with friends in Paris,
and from them he obtained some
funds and letters to aid him in reach
ing New York. The refugee, speak
ing OF the doings OF his nihilistic
brethren aud of the recent exploits of
his late master, the Gar, said, in
fluent French. to the Herald reporter:
NIHILlsrs AT WORK.
SIT is mistake of the English and
American press to suppose that the
revolutionary partyin Russia has been
idle of lats. The fact ia that the press
censorship has, during the past four
months, /. e., since the beginning of
this Bulgarian squabble, been Of such
drsconiaD severity as has never been
known, even in Russia. Private mail
and dispatches have alike been scru-
tinized with argus ey es, and the least
reference to anything Objectionable
has been deemed sufficient to destroy
the letter or the message. Were it
not go it would be inexp icsble how
recent Sensational news from S..
Petersburg could be 30 completely
suppressed. The nibilists have never
been better organized nor have they
had more powerful and influential
allies in government circles than now.
l predict that before another six
months are gone Alexander II will
have followed his father-a much bet
ter and ADLER man into the grave, or
else there will have been revolution
airy uprising and he will have been
dethToned.
COUNT REUTERN.
you've heard the story here, too,
of the assassination of Count ReuterD,
an Imperial aide de-camp, by the
Car. Well, that story, although
widely and repeatedly denied through
the influence of the Russian govern
ment, was perfectly true. The Gear
shot him dead on the spot just as the
officer was on the point OF handing
him letter. And what is more,
Count Rsutern belonged to us and the
Gar had been warned against him by
Count Tolitoi. Although extraor-
binary pains were taken to keep the
deed o secret, it became known in ST..
Petersburg. Right in the wake of
this occurrence followed an investiga.
ton, ordered and assisted by the
Car. The victims who were gathered
ia by the police and who were-with-
out previous trial, in the administers
tive way-subsequently exiled to
Eastern Siberia, were the following ::
Count Zsbeloff, Baron Max
imieff, Counsellor Abilieff (head
OF the passport bureauS, Wor-
shilzSy and Kladine, the last
two belonging to the imperial house.
hold. Several others in the plot were
not discovered by the police, and two
of them are still in Jail in the Russian
capital. There were many more with
us in the great enterprise, which
proved aborlive at that time, but as
they had been assigned different roles
their names did not trsnspire and
they are safe as yet. But g eat plot
is brewing at present. The nihilists
are not alone more numerous in st.
Petersburg than ever, but are also bet
ter organized and better equipped with
all needed means TO make their moves
during the next Elk months successful.
It would be bstraying the cause to
speak more dtfinitely than 1 have
done at this juncture.
THE ATTACK ON vUILLAUME.
"What about the Carr Is his
temper really 80 violent and ferocioua
as has been said occasionally And
does he really drink so hard2 queried
the reporter.
1.-THE Emperor is a confirmed, hope.
less slave to liquor, and he has had
spells for months past which under
stand to be premonitory signs OF de-
lirium tremens. Slnce the relations
bstween Germany and Russia have
ceased to be strained, at least for the
time being, the official press in Ger.
many has taken great pains to deny
TIE news published at first, without
Bismarck interference, of brutal at.
tack made by Alexander III upon the
military attache of the German EN-
bsssy in st. Petersburg, Col. Vuil
laume, but that report, too, was true
1t is said that in his fret anger thiE
German officer, a gallant soldier, came
near retaliating, and had already made
a threatening motion toward ths
Russian sovereign, when he wa;